Ongoing Program

Community Organizing for Sustainable and Empowerment based Livelihood Empowerment Phase 2

January 2021 to December 2025

Funding Organisation: Development Fund, Norway

Implementing partners/consortium:

  • Paschim Jajarkot Bikas Samaj, Jajarkot
  • Samaj Bikas Sanjal, Dang
  • Sambriddha Samaj Samaj, Dang
  • Bheri Samudayik Bikas Samaj, Jajarkot
  • Tribeni Bikas Samaj, Banke
  • Janashakti Bikas Samaj, Bardiya
  • Nepal Gandharva Samaj, Banke

Project Impact:

Strengthened climate resilience, well-being & community governance in rural communities of Western Nepal.

The grass-root organizations in meaningful collaboration with the local government will have practiced, implemented, and established CAV, obtaining a sustainable and empowered improvement in the standard of living.

Project Outcomes:

  • Improved food security and nutrition for rural households.
  • Increased economic empowerment for rural households, especially women, youth, and marginalized groups.
  • Improved government services and legal frameworks in line with rural communities. needs, rights, and priorities.
  • Rural women and marginalized groups have increased influence and recognition within their households, grassroots organizations, and communities

Key approach:

  1. Facilitation on Empowerment and Social Transformation:
    • Social Analysis and Listening Survey
    • Group Formation
    • Problem definition, Action Planning, and Implementation
    • Organizational development.
  2. Partnership with local CBNOs
  3. Community mobilization
  4. Climate Adapted Village
  5. Gender Equality and Social Inclusion
  6. Right Based Approach
  7. Youth Engagement for Governance and Civic-Participation
  8. Collaboration with Local Government
  9. Group fund mobilization (Local resource mobilization based on entrepreneurship/economic growth.
  10. Community Networking
  11. Partnership with CBNOs and CBNO Federation

Project coverage:

  • Bajura: Jagannath RM
  • Banke: Kohalpur Municipality and Janaki RM
  • Bardiya: Badhaiyatal RM and Gulariya RM
  • Dang: Banglachuli RM and Dangisharan RM
  • Jajarkot: Bheri Municipality, Chhedagad RM, and Shivalaya RM

Target beneficiaries: Poor, marginalized, climate-vulnerable women, and food insecure Dalits, women, and lead farmers.  

Household coverage: 12,213

Project Volume: 1.3 million Euro

No. of project staff: 40

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